Improvement in corn-planters



UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.,

HANFORD INGRAHAM, OF NAPLES, NEVV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, HANFORD INGRAHAM, of the town of Naples, county ofOntario, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement ona Machine for Planting Corn and other Ooarse Grains in Oheck-Rows; and I do hereby declare'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the-construction and Operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig.2 is a sectional view of the seed-hopper and its appurtenances belonging thereto. p

The nature of my invention and improvement consists in constructing a planter.

The frame-work consists of two parallel basepieces, c a, the thills bb,thecross-tiescc,\vhich are supported and made adjustable to any desired shape or Width of rows by means of four bolts passing through the basepieces a a, through the thills b b, and through a slot, t, in each end of the cross-ties. The sides and ends of the seed-hoppers s s are of wood, the bottoms ot' zino or its equivalent. The valves n n are of a circular form with an aperture, z, in the side to coutain the seed sufiicient for a hill, and are placed in a bed-piece in which is an Opening to receive the values n n. At the other end a brush is attached to regulate the distribution of the seed. This bed-piece is secured to the under side of the bottom of the hopper, bringing the valves directly under the back endsot'thehoppers, and bringing the apertures within the hoppers through an Opening in their bottoms, through which the seed passes. To one corner of these hoppers is attached a vibrating Spring, o o, extending a little past the center and elevated a little above the hoppers. To this spring is attached au agitatiug-wire, w w, extending down nearly to the aperturein the valve. Through the back end of thebasepieces a a, is a mortise of size and shape sufficient to receive the bed-pieces. Directly under this mortise the hollow tooth ff is secured by means ot' bolts passing through the flange of the tooth and through the cast-iron plate upon the top, which supports the wheels 12 p. The handles d cl are Secured to the cross-ties c c, to one of which is affxed the finger-lever g, l'rom which the rod h extends to slat Z. To each end of this slat, which is hinged to the handles, arms M are attached by means ot' a hook passing through the slat and fastened on the under side With a nut, by which means they may be adjusted to any other arrangement of the inachine. To the opposite ends of these arms., which extend over the hoppers, are attached wiresqq, extending down and attached to the valves n n.

The operator takes the machine by the handles d d, and at marked intervals presses his fingers upon the finger-lever g, which moves the rod h and turus the slat l, which raises the arms i t' and the wires q g, which turn the ,va'lves n n, and deposit the seed contained in theapertures through the hollow tooth ff, whic'h is covered by the wheels 19 p. By relieving from pressure the lever g, the arnis z' t' are forced down upon the vibrating springs o o by the coiled wire p. They give to the agitating-wires w w and to the valves a vibrating lnotion, causing the apertures z z to fill with accuracy and certainty.

I do not claim any of the described parts separately or irrespective of their arrangement; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's- The arrangement of the seed-hoppers s s, in connection with the hollow teeth ff, the valves n n, the agitating-wires w w, and the vibrating springs o o. for the purpose and in the manner substantially as set forth in the specification.

` HANFORD INGRAHAM. Witnesses:

J osIAH PORTER, A. F. SEAooRD. 

